Vanessa is 9 yrs old and lives in Acholi Quarters with her mum, her grandmother, 3 younger siblings, and 4 cousins. Her father died last year, and the mother of the cousins (Vanessa’s maternal aunt) is also deceased. Vanessa used to go to school. She was in P3 when her…
The children who are in Spurgeons Academy lower primary classes recently enjoyed a school outing to two locations in Nairobi. Their first port of call was to the city’s domestic airport where they were able to see some of the planes coming in to land. This airport only has small…
We reported last month on the need for a Science Lab at the Spurgeons JSS. One of the other urgent priorities is to develop a computer lab for the students. None of them have access to a computer at home, so the only possibility for them to become IT literate…
Students of the beauty course which is run at the Stepping Stones Vocational college have recently completed their training. The course comprised 2 months training in college, and then 2 months internship in a local salon. All the students passed with flying colours and are now securing employment in various…
Kenya has recently undergone a transition from the old school curriculum to a new curriculum. As a result, students now only spend 6 years in primary rather than 8, and instead of moving from primary school at grade 8 straight to high school, they now go from primary school at…
Congratulations to these kindergarteners who have graduated from their kindergarten and are now attending primary school thanks to the sponsorship programme run by CBISDO, one of our partners based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
by Bishnu Bhatta, PSD-Nepal CEO Photography for Change ICE (Institute for Collaborative Education) Youth Arts, Writing and Photography Program, New York, USA Since 2015 ICE and PSD Nepal have been working with the Tri-Ratna Co-Operative School (TRCS) in Bungamati, Nepal. The shared work we have done with TRCS has been…
The builders at Nkuru business and vocational college campus don’t hang around when they have a project to complete. In October 2022 they dug the foundations for the first 5 classrooms of the Kids Joy primary school. When complete the school will have 7 classrooms and a resource room, and…
